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Sera Je Food Fund’s Amazing New Bread-Making Machine
August 2011: Cherok Lama generously sponsored a new bread-making machine for the Sera Je Food Fund kitchen. This was offered on the occasion of his Rik-Chung ceremony in August of last year. This new machine has reduced the need for ... Read more »Spirituality and Work: Antonyms or Synonyms?
Is work necessarily mundane? Is there a way to make it sacred? Psychologist Karuna Cayton explores the relationship between work and spirituality. From Mandala June-July 2005.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Buses Around Taiwan
FPMT News Around the World The smiling face of His Holiness the Dalai Lama is traveling around Taiwan on the sides of 30 buses. Seeking to raise the profile of Tibetan Buddhism and His Holiness in Taiwan, advertisements have been ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Visits Tushita Meditation Centre
FPMT News Around the World Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamsala has been abuzz with activity. FPMT’s spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s two-week visit earlier this month brought with it many blessing for Sangha and students. On May 15, he gathered ... Read more »Why Worry? by Lama Yeshe
Lama Yeshe’s talk in Berkeley, California, in the summer of 1983 was given at a time when the world was in a state of anxiety about the threat of nuclear war. From Mandala March-May 2002.Training for Buddhahood
In Training for Buddhahood Ven. Tenzin Chonyi talks about the lam-rim, the genre of Tibetan Buddhist literature the serves as a step-by-step manual for spiritual and psychological development. “If you want to become an Olympic athlete,” Ven. Tenzin Chonyi points ... Read more »
Traditional Herbal Remedies for Meditator’s Disease
FPMT News Around the World Are you curious about Tibetan medicine and astrology? Men-Tsee-Kang, the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute, was established in Tibet by the 13th Dalai Lama in 1916 and reestablished in 1961 by the 14th Dalai Lama ... Read more »
Osel Hita Advises Harmony Starts with the Self – Listen Online!
FPMT News Around the World “The first step for harmonious communities is to be aware of your own actions and thoughts,” Osel Hita told a group of students in April 2012. A 50-minute recording of the talk is now available ... Read more »Choosing a Life Without Attachment, An Interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Dr. Renuka Singh interviews His Holiness the Dalai Lama for her book Women Reborn. In it, His Holiness discusses his greatest spiritual accomplishments and struggles, celibacy, and separating from his mother at a young age, among other topics. From Mandala ... Read more »Helping Others with a Good Motivation is Dharma Practice
As president of the Tibetan Women’s Association, Rinchen Khadro was the inspiration and energy behind many of the social welfare projects to help the Tibetan refugee community in India. American nun Ven. Thubten Chodron talked to Rinchen Khadro (in October ... Read more »